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- Mar 24, 2013
I've been feeling a bit nostalgic lately and how things just aren't made like they used to. We're going to use cars for my lament.
Back when our parents and grandparents were kids they built cars to last. From the mid Forties to the Early Seventies cars were built to last, and you could fix them in your own home garage. There was less to go wrong with them, they were simpler, and they were hand assembled by craftsmen who had a passion for their work.
And just look at the cars then versus now. I can't think of any car made during my life that could rival the beauty of a 1958 Plymouth Fury, 1959 Cadillac El Dorado or Chevy Biscayne. And the modern muscle cars will never touch the sheer awesomeness of a 1969 Charger and GTO, or 1970 Dodge Super Bee. Everything was just so much better. Built by hand of American Steel by American craftsmen using their hands. They didn't have computers and robots doing the work for them using aluminum and plastic and other cheap materials.
Two examples:
1. I own a 1974 Ford F100 pickup truck. It was my Grampa's until he passed on, then my Dad's until he left to be with Grampa four years ago. My truck is 40 years old and totally unrestored. It runs and Looks better than most trucks I see on the road built within the past decade.
2. I also own a pre-war mechanical cash register that my grandparents used in their own store for years. It's a little beat up and dirty, but everything works perfectly on it. I plan to have it professionally so I can display it in my home.
It's just a shame that high quality, hand built products are for the most part gone and not being made anymore.
Anyone else feel the same?
Back when our parents and grandparents were kids they built cars to last. From the mid Forties to the Early Seventies cars were built to last, and you could fix them in your own home garage. There was less to go wrong with them, they were simpler, and they were hand assembled by craftsmen who had a passion for their work.
And just look at the cars then versus now. I can't think of any car made during my life that could rival the beauty of a 1958 Plymouth Fury, 1959 Cadillac El Dorado or Chevy Biscayne. And the modern muscle cars will never touch the sheer awesomeness of a 1969 Charger and GTO, or 1970 Dodge Super Bee. Everything was just so much better. Built by hand of American Steel by American craftsmen using their hands. They didn't have computers and robots doing the work for them using aluminum and plastic and other cheap materials.
Two examples:
1. I own a 1974 Ford F100 pickup truck. It was my Grampa's until he passed on, then my Dad's until he left to be with Grampa four years ago. My truck is 40 years old and totally unrestored. It runs and Looks better than most trucks I see on the road built within the past decade.
2. I also own a pre-war mechanical cash register that my grandparents used in their own store for years. It's a little beat up and dirty, but everything works perfectly on it. I plan to have it professionally so I can display it in my home.
It's just a shame that high quality, hand built products are for the most part gone and not being made anymore.
Anyone else feel the same?
